| Docket # | SJC-09971 |
| Date | December 10, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Cowin, Cordy, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Practice, Criminal, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Assistance of counsel, Argument by prosecutor. Constitutional law, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Assistance of counsel. Evidence, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Relevancy and materiality. |
| Appealed From | Bristol Superior Court, Justice Richard T. Moses |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Smith: Richard J. Shea |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: David J. Gold |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
